
These Booklets cover an endless list and an innnite variety of subjects. Fifteen illustrations 
in each. Uniform price of five cents. Mailing only one cent the world over. 
Far cheaper than single picture postals and more entertaining. 
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FE;STrVAIv HAI^I^ AND TERRACE; OF STATERS. Magnificent million-dollar structure. 200 feet in diameter. 200 feet high. 
Seats 3,500. Colonnades, 700 feet long. 14 statues symbolize states and territories formed from I^ouisiana Purchase. 




PAi 1<-1.- Ol. VU<IUU l\-UUVl-RIi;s. Department of Manufacture. 525 by 1, 20O feet. Cost $000,000. 
Represents artfsUci,:dns;ri:s:jre.;y,si>verwara, fnrn'ture. pottery, etc. One of the grandest of the E.pos.t.on structures. 




PAI^ACE; of MAXUFACTURE:S. East side of Main Court. Same size as the Palace of Varied Industries. 
Here are shown processes of manufacture as well as finished products. Cost $750,000. Circular court in the centre. 




PAL,ACH OF MACHINERY. Tower-plant supplies 30,000 horse-power, an enormous force. Klectrical generators also. 525 by 1,000 feet. 
Cost $500,000. Switchboard controls power for lighting, cascade-pumps, machinery. 8,000-horse-power giant turbine engine, etc. 




PAI^ACE OF KI.ECTRICITY. Facing the Grand Basin. Surrounded by lagoons and reached by bridges. Covers about 9 acres. 
North front, 758 feet ; south facade, 450 feet ; sides, each 525 feet. Cost $400,000. Telegraphic, telephonic, therapeutic, etc. 




GENERAL VIEW OF EXPOSlTION.-i. I^iberal Arts ; 2. Manufactures; 3- Varied Industries ; 4- Government Buildings ; 5- Transpoii 
Monument ; ' 12. Electricity ; 13. Machinery ; 14. State Buildings 15 I^ouisiana State Building ; 16. U. S. Fisheries ; 17. Germany •; 




6. Administration; 7. Missouri Building ; 8. U. S. Government ; 9. Mines and Metallurgy ; 10. Education; ir. I^ouisiana Purchase 
stival Hall and Cascades ; 19. Jerusalenl ; 20. Swiss Village ; 21. Agriculture ; 22. "Inside Inn" ; 23. Fine Arts ; 24. Horticulture. 








PAIyACE OF ART. 4 pavilions. Central one permanent. 134 galleries of foreign and American paintings. 
PAT,ACK OF ACRICUI/rURK. 18 acres. Cereals, foods, farm products, agricultural machines, manufacturing fibres, etc. 




PAI^ACE OF EDUCATION. Near Cascade Gardens. Same size as Palace of Electricity. Modern Classic architecture. 
Columns 50 feet high. Access by bridges over the lagoons. Cost $300,000. Comprehensive school and social economy exhibits. 




PAIyACB OF MINES AND METAI^I^URGY. 9 acres. Outdoor exhibit in 12-acre gulch south of the Palace. Costs $500,000. 
Oil well, placer gold mine and coal mine in operation, Extraction of metals from ores, Fine mineral exhibit. 




PALACE OF TRANSPORTATION. The largest Exposition building. 5^5 by 1300 feet (15 acres) I.and, sea and air conveyance. 
Four r^fes of track, trains, electrrc cars. etc. Marine exhibit. Automobiles, cycles, axrshtps. equipment, etc. 




PAI^ACE OF FORESTRY, FISH AMD GAMI5. 300 x 600 feet. Domestic and foreign exhibits. 
Special exhibit by U. S. Fish Commi.ssion shows work of the States in preserving and increasing the supply of fish and game. 




PA1,ACE OF I^IBERAIy ARTS. French Renaissance architecture. Much sculptural decoration. Covers 9 acres. Cost $500, ocw. 
South entrance, triumphal arch. Engineering, chemical, medical, surgical, photographic, musical, printing, paper-making exhibits. 




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Centennial Celebration of the United States piircha: ^ 

Opens April 30th, closes December 1st, 1904. 

The most gigantic Exposition that has ever been held in the world. More money ($40,000,000 has 
been spent on buildings and equipment, etc.; a greater number of structures, larger acreage (1240) and a 
vaster aggregation of exhibits. The myriads of visitors will see all prior Expositions vastly exceeded. 
There are nineteen enormous main structures called "" Palaces " and several times as many government, 
state and other buildings. St. Louis has invited the- world and it is expected that the millions of visitors 
will outnumber all records. 

Greater space has been given to processes of manufacture than to finished products. The most 
comprehensive industrial exhibit in all lines ever before gathered together. The Horticultural Department 
has many unique outdoor features: U. S. map in plants; floral clock, face 100 feet in diameter; farm 
illustrating irrigation; rose gardens, etc. The Educational Department shows the improvement in social 
and labor conditions, sanitation, charities, the liquor problem, etc. The Machinery Palace contains 
exceptionally powerful machines: giant turbine engine, 3,000-horse-power gas-engine, etc. 37 acres have 
been set apart for a very fine collection of live stock ; $250,000 to be given in premiums. The Department 
of Anthropology presents various groups of peculiar people, pigmies, giants, etc., in one of the Washington 
University buildings. In another of these buildings, the Hall of Congresses, a series of international 
congresses will take place; in the beautiful main room are Queen Victoria's Jubilee presents, loaned by 
King Edward ($5,000,000.) In Festival Hall, where the finest talent will give orchestral and vocal concerts, 
is the largest organ ever made, — 140 stops, 10,059 pipes. 3o acres are devoted to the exceedingly 
interesting illustration of the resources of the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico and Hawaii ; typical native 
villages. The Physical Culture Department has charge of the Olympic Games, which will include trials of 
strength in all lines by the world's champions. " The Pike" offers a great variety of novel entertainment. 
The intramural railway affords a delightful ride through the grounds. The "Inside Inn" accommodates 
6,000; Hotel Napoleon Bonaparte, the world's largest hotel, at the main entrance; etc., etc. The World's 
Fair Bureau of Information assists strangers. President of the Exposition, Ex-Gov. David R. Francis. 




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